ARMY SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION SYSTEM

Abstract

The Army's Science and Technology area is undergoing a transformation process, mainly aimed at improving its capacity for innovation. In this context, the development of technologies that contribute to the generation of land military capabilities for the Brazilian Army is an arduous task, which requires several institutions, military and civilian, working together to obtain favorable results. This article aims to analyze the Army's Science and Technology area, focusing on its internal organizations and the system composed of these organizations, together with external organizations, in the light of the Sectoral Innovation Systems. Based on a literature review and extensive documentary research, this article shows that the Department of Science and Technology and its military organizations, in isolation, are not able to meet the technological needs of the Army and do not have all the characteristics of a Sectoral Innovation System. The system composed of the Army's Science and Technology Area, together with external organizations, acting in favor of innovation in the interest of the Army, has the characteristics of a Sectoral Innovation System.